Building Communities for Change: Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement (Workshop)
(NOTE: This event is full, but we will likely add people off the waitlist. Please sign up!)
We'll start promptly at 3:30 and end by 5, so try to arrive right on time!
When you arrive, head in through the courtyard entrance at All Souls and check in with the front desk. Then head to the stairwell door and go down a level, cut through the kitchen, and enter Reidy Hall. It's the largest room on the bottom floor, so you can't miss it!
The Civil Rights Movement changed the 20th century. Join us in finding the community-building principles that will change the 21st.
In February, 1960, four freshmen at North Carolina A&T University sat down at a whites-only lunch counter and changed the world. In the face of nationwide crackdowns on free speech, and escalating military conflicts, the sit-in movement turned the 1960s into a decade for peace and progress. But the secret to their success was not just courage but community. Churches and universities across the nation empowered millions to be a part of the change. Can we build similarly powerful communities to meet the challenges of the 21st century?
On October 19 from 3:30-5 pm, The Simple Heart Initiative will host a workshop and discussion focused on answering this question. You'll be particularly interested in this workshop if:
You want to understand what made the Civil Rights Movement so effective--and how to apply those lessons today;
You are seeking a supportive and engaged community of people who are making the world a better place; or
You are interested in using emerging technologies, such as AI, to improve human sociality.
You'll leave the workshop with a 30-day plan to get plugged into a change-making community. (If you attended EAG, this is a great opportunity to get support/community on your post-conference projects!)
Vegan pizza will be served after the workshop free of charge (though we’ll accept voluntary contributions).
Space is limited to 20 seats to ensure high quality discussion, so you must RSVP.
Facilitator: Wayne Hsiung is an attorney and expert in nonviolent direct action who has led “open rescue” campaigns involving thousands of activists. He is currently a seminarian at Union Theological Seminary studying the theology of social change. Previously, he was a Searle Fellow and visiting assistant professor at Northwestern’s Pritzker School of Law and a NSF Graduate Fellow in MIT’s Department of Economics.